Praha, Czech Republic!

We Have Arrived! Ben and I, along with Tim, landed here in Prague (Praha) around 1:15 Eastern time, about 7:15 Prague time. We had three flights; Indy to Detroit, Detroit to Amsterdam, and Amsterdam to Prague.

The longest flight, over the Atlantic Ocean, was in an Airbus30-300. It was, quite simply, the largest passenger airplane I have ever seen or been on. In addition to the large 1st class section there was two huge coach sections. Each coach section had two rows of seats on each side, and a row of four seats down the middle. So there was eight seats across, with two hall/paths. It was just amazing.

We have our own flat over here in Prague, a really nice setup for Ben and I. There is a Kitchen, a Living Room/Bedroom, a hall-type area, and a very small balcony. It's huge and really nice compared to how a lot of people here in Prague have to live.

The bathroom that we use over here is different than at home. It's split into two parts, the toilet part and everything else. The toilet room (or Water Closet) is very small. And our particular model (circa 1950's) uses a gravity flush. Yup, we pull a cord and the water runs down from a tank up on the wall. It works pretty good, it's just funny to be using one.
The other part of our bathroom is slightly larger, and includes the bathtub and washing machine. Here in Europe they don't have dryers, so when we do laundry we will have to hang it out to dry.

Just getting into our apartment is still exciting. We live on the fourth floor. Fortunately, we do have an elevator. At nights when we come home we turn on the light at the door downstairs, and get into the elevator. At the top we have about enough time to try unlocking the door about once before the light turns off. We haven't gotten in in that short amount of time yet, though. There are five locks on our door. And getting the lock to be open, while opening the actual door with our key is quite tricky! We'll get it soon, I hope!

In His Time,